World Industrial Design Day 2009 – TODAY!
In celebration of World Industrial Design Day on 29 June, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) invites designers from around the globe to initiate events reflecting this year’s theme ‘Industrial Design: the product of human creativity’.
This international day of observance is celebrated in order to raise awareness about the benefits of industrial design in improving our quality of life.
Via & more: ICSID
PLOT magazine issue #2
THE BRAND-NEW INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR CREATIVE SPACES
PLOT for the first time combines all areas of scenography in a journal: current exhibition design, set-and-stage design as well as brand worlds, installations or virtual spaces. The magazine is aimed at everyone who creates spaces and stages to tell stories and convey messages – spaces with communicative and emotional effect.
PLOT appears four times a year and offers profound background articles by authors of renown, a large selection of current and international projects, columns, interviews and retrospectives from this specialist field. The second issue features the new Porsche Museum including an interview with the exhibition designer HG Merz.
The editors Rainer Häupl, Sabine Marinescu and Janina Poesch are qualified architects who have been working in the field of architecture journalism for several years.
Via & more: PLOT
Home Sweet Home by Thomas Bentzen
We always miss out on something… but recently we discovered a piece from the collection of the Danish industrial designer Thomas Bentzen which was designed for the renown Danish Exhibition SE, where furniture manufacturers collaborate with young designers for the creation of unique furniture pieces which are exhibited annually since 1981 in special Exhibition Centers throughout Denmark. This year the exhibition was hosted at the famous Rundetaarn Tower.
Via & more: Yatzer
Knoll Kids: design furnitures for children
International design leader brings signature modernism to new children’s furniture collection. KnollStudio®, a division of Knoll, Inc., renowned for its collection of classic and enduring designs for the workplace and the home, recently announced the launch of Knoll kids, a children’s modern furniture collection.
Launched in May 2009, Knoll kids consists of modern mid-century classics that have been scaled for a younger generation, while maintaining the standards of the designers and affirming the Knoll belief in the power and utility of modern design. Like all Knoll products, the pieces are finely crafted using the highest quality materials, finishes and textiles to create one-of-a-kind pieces that appeal to the unique taste of the Knoll customer. The initial offering includes new chairs and tables as well as select items already available in the KnollStudio line. Prices range from $220 for a Maya Lin Child’s Stone to $3,674 for a Child’s Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chair.
Via & more: Knoll
Copenhagen Penthouse II by NORM Architects
NORM Architects have sent us another penthouse project they have completed in Copenhagen. On the top of one the few high rise buildings in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, the interior of this penthouse has been completely redone. The apartment has a stunning view overlooking the city to both sides. The clients dream was a completely minimalistic space with no nonsense and plenty of light on the top of town.
Via & more: Contemporist
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